PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
10-week Intensive Course On Manuscript Writing
Help increase the number of high-impact publications associated with your science institute’s grant number.
Help increase the number of high-impact publications associated with the grant number connected to your group or science institute.
This course is designed for a small cohort of four researchers actively drafting manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals. The cohort can be comprised of four researchers from your group or individual researchers can join a cohort that I form with three other researchers working in different institutions. Each participant develops and completes a manuscript of competitive quality in 10 weeks. The course is a hybrid of master class and workshop.
In our weekly two-hour group session, I demonstrate best practices in manuscript writing while leading the cohort in conceptual, developmental, and line editing of one another’s manuscripts.
Cohort members and I serve as critical readers, asking astute questions that push authors to:
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- write an accurate and compelling title and abstract
- build a strong case for their work in the introduction
- achieve clarity and precision in the methods section
- present findings in a logical and understandable manner
- construct a focused discussion that gives context to the findings
- write a conclusion that matches the data
After 10 weeks at this level of intense writing and editing, each researcher will have produced a superb manuscript draft to send to their co-authors for review. Because their coauthors are receiving a polished draft, coauthors can concentrate on contributing points that bolster the case for the work (rather than wasting their time on editing).
BENEFITS
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- Completes a manuscript of competitive quality in 10 weeks.
- Acquires professional writing skills.
- Incorporates transformative feedback.
- Establishes a sustainable writing practice.
This novel approach to skills acquisition in manuscript writing aligns with the spirit of collaboration that distinguishes team science.
Thirty-six cohorts of researchers from four NIH-funded Clinical and Translational Science Centers and a university division have completed my course.
Course Details
- The course is conducted remotely in real time over Zoom and using Google Docs
- 10 consecutive weeks
- weekly two-hour group editing sessions
- designed for a small cohort of four participant
- If you want me to tailor a course to four researchers from your group the cost is $16,000 (i.e., $4,000 per participant).
- If you are signing up for the course as an individual the cost is $4,000 and I will place you in a cohort with three other researchers.
Any questions? Please, don’t hestitate to ask.
Dates and times for upcomming courses
SUMMER COURSE SECTIONS 2024
Course sections Monday through Friday occur at the same time:
Pacific 12:00 –2:00 p.m.
Mountain 1:00–3:00 p.m.
Central 2:00–4:00 p.m. (I am in the central time zone)
Eastern 3:00 –5:00 p.m.
Greenwich Mean time 7:00 –9:00 p.m.
These three course sections are reserved for institutions that want to have four of their researchers form a cohort. I will tailor the course section to the needs of your group.
Tuesdays July 9, 16, 23, 30; August 6, 13, 20, 27; September 3, 10
Wednesdays July 10, 17, 24, 31; August 7, 14, 21, 28; September 4, 11
Thursdays July 11, 18, 25; August 8, 15, 22, 29; September 5, 12
These two course sections are reserved for individual researchers who will be taking the course. Cohorts are limited to the first four people who register for that course section.
Mondays July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; August 5, 12, 19, 26; (skip Labor Day, September 2), September 9
Fridays July 12, 19, 26; August 9, 16, 23, 29; September 6, 13
FALL COURSE SECTIONS 2024
Course sections Monday through Friday occur at the same time:
Pacific 12:00 –2:00 p.m.
Mountain 1:00–3:00 p.m.
Central 2:00–4:00 p.m. (I am in the central time zone)
Eastern 3:00 –5:00 p.m.
Greenwich Mean time 7:00 –9:00 p.m.
These three course sections are reserved for institutions that want to have four of their researchers form a cohort. I will tailor the course section to the needs of your group.
Tuesdays September 16, 23, 30; October 7, 14, 21, 28; November 4, 11, 18
Wednesdays September 16, 23, 30; October 7, 14, 21, 28; November 4, 11, 18
Thursdays September 16, 23, 30; October 7, 14, 21, 28; November 4, 11, 18
These two course sections are reserved for individual researchers who will be taking the course. Cohorts are limited to the first four people who register for that course section.
Mondays September 16, 23, 30; October 7, 14, 21, 28; November 4, 11, 18
Fridays September 16, 23, 30; October 7, 14, 21, 28; November 4, 11, 18
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